Growing number of states, cities raising minimum wage

10:26 PM,
May 15, 2014

The fast-food walkouts Thursday are part of a broader nationwide effort to raise the minimum wage.

Written by

Paul Davidson
Gannett

The fast-food walkouts Thursday are part of a broader nationwide effort to raise the minimum wage for millions of low-income workers, a campaign that's notching growing success in states and cities across the USA.

Supporters say that raising wages would address growing inequality between the rich and poor as the nation continues to recover too slowly from the Great Recession. Opponents say pay hikes would mean lost jobs and could slow a fragile recovery.

A bill, backed by President Obama, to raise the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $10.10 by late 2016, has stalled in Congress due ...